Ajdir

أجدير

Rural commune in the cercle of Aknoul, province of Taza, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024
8,640
Since 2014
−15.4%from 10,214 in 2014
Density
51.2people per km², 168.7 km²
Households
2,288
Rank
844844th most populous of 1,503 communes16th of 38 in its province

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Tizi OuasliJbarnaSidi Ali BourakbaAknoulBourdBni FrassenRbaa El FoukiBni LentOulad ZbairOuad AmlilGhiata Al GharbiaBab MarzoukaMeknassa Al GharbiaTazaMsilaEl GouzateBni FtahTainasteKaf El GharMeknassa AcharqiaGaldamaneBouchfaaBab BoudirBouhlouMatmataAit SaghrouchenTahlaSmiaZrardaMaghraouaTazarineBouyablaneOulad ChrifTaifaTraibaBrarhaGzenaya Al Janoubia

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ajdir.

Ajdir −15.4%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write
38.7%aged 10 and over44.9% in 201454.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
32.6%34.0% in 201466.1% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
38.1%aged 15 and over47.0% in 20148.5% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
94.8%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
2.46children per woman2.27 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability
8.8%of people9.7% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.8people on average4.6 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water
30.7%of settled households24.5% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Ajdir: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
3.6%75 and over4.2%
2.0%70–742.8%
3.8%65–694.5%
5.6%60–646.7%
5.2%55–596.4%
5.7%50–547.0%
5.5%45–495.7%
6.5%40–446.6%
7.2%35–397.1%
7.2%30–346.2%
7.2%25–295.5%
6.3%20–245.7%
7.8%15–197.0%
9.6%10–148.6%
8.9%5–99.2%
7.8%0–46.7%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

  • Tarifit94.8%
  • Darija77.7%
  • Tamazight1.2%
  • Hassania0.4%
  • Tachelhit0.3%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic98.9%
  • French38.0%
  • English9.2%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.6%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • On foot71.0%
  • Private car7.3%
  • Employer’s transport1.5%
  • Taxi1.3%
  • Bike or motorcycle1.1%
  • Bus0.2%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Ajdir’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
525
Standing empty
32.8%16.2% vacant16.6% a second home
Precarious
2.9%0.2% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
93.7%95.6% on the water mains99.4% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
9.7%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Modern house94.7%
  • Rural-type1.5%
  • Traditional house1.3%
  • Other1.1%
  • Villa0.6%
  • Apartment0.6%
  • Slum or basic house0.2%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years18.5%
  • 20 to 49 years60.8%
  • 50 years or more20.8%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments
37443.3 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
25066.8% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
3071.2 per business
Public services
114
Associations
10in premises of their own
Weekly souks
1counted outside the total

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce61.6%
  • Services30.4%
  • Construction4.8%
  • Industry3.2%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person83.2%
  • 2 to 315.2%
  • 4 to 91.6%
  • 10 to 490.0%
  • 50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later34.0%
  • 2011–201939.2%
  • 2001–201014.4%
  • 1991–20008.8%
  • 1981–19901.6%
  • 1956–19802.0%
  • Before 19560.0%

Urban centres

Towns inside the commune that the census counts on their own.

Ajdir1,370

In the data

Code
03.561.03.01
As digits
035610301
Slug
ajdir-035610301
Record
/api/communes/03.561.03.01.json
Boundary
/api/communes/03.561.03.01/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/03.561.03.01/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/03.561.03.01/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/03.561.03.01/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/03.561.03.01/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2754002
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("ajdir-035610301");

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